I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself fantasizing about moving to a farm with goats and chickens and fruit trees and a big, sprawling vegetable garden. Then I think about how much work that would entail, and I get sleepy.

It’s times like these when I head out to South 47 Farm in Redmond - a great place to get your farm fix. It’s close enough to Seattle to go for a quick berry-picking run (U-pick raspberries were $5/lb this past weekend - can’t beat that) or take the family and make a day of it.

All of the vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs are organic, and most are available for both U-pick and  farmstand purchase. They keep their web site updated with a list of available crops, so you can see what’s ready to harvest before you visit.

We went last weekend and picked four pints of raspberries, which are plentiful right now and a good choice for little ones to pick since they grow low, are easy to spot and pull, and have no thorns. We also picked a basket-full of rainbow chard (pictured) - they provide a basket and scissors for clipping; a bouquet of sunflowers, and a pint of blueberries, which are just starting to come into season there. We paid a visit to the resident goats, chickens, and alpacas, and were back in Seattle in time for lunch.

South 47 also has a farm tots/farm kids program, events throughout the year, and they were even setting up for a birthday party when we were there.

How about you? Where do you go for your farm fix?

South 47 Farm

Open Wed-Sun, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

15410 NE 124th St., Redmond, WA 98052

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